Last time I was watching one of those, the drunk farm boys were doing
about 50%. Then up steps this scrawny little Italian guy, about 5'6".
Nailed it 2 out of 3 consisitently. Took his cigar and wandered off.

Dave Hinz wrote:
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:46:30 -0500, wws wrote:

Don Foreman wrote:

On 11 Jul 2005 15:22:08 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:


I had a chunk of cast aluminum just about the right size, but the only
marking on it was stamped in, with "G072" (that's a G, clearly stamped
into the casting). It was about 4.5" diameter, rough casting.


Billet!
I'll sneak away 'fore it hits.


You better move quick - some of those farm boys are _awfully_ big. We
calibrated the thing with two of our biggest guys on the fire
department. Between them they can hit it about 8 out of 10 times, which
is about right. The goal is that if someone says it's impossible, we
grab one of 'em, they ding it to show it's possible, and sell the guy
more chances.

For the record, a drunk farmboy can make a hell of a dent in the turf
when he misses with a hammer that size.